Connecticut public records · Sentencing

Sentencing practice & proportionality

How Connecticut courts sentence: the confinement-versus-suspension mix, sentence-length distribution against the statutory guidelines, per-court severity, probation, and the offence profile.

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Sentencings · 12 mo26,74135,696 charges

Cases with confinement33.9%9,077 cases

Fully suspended only42.5%of sentenced cases

Median confinement term364 dayswhen a confinement component applies

Median probation term730 dayswhen probation is ordered

Median arrest→sentence269 days26,841 cases, 12 mo

Outcome & processing

Case outcomes by sentence structure, and the time from arrest to sentence.

Outcome mix · trailing 12 months

Each case classified by its most severe recorded sentence component.

Arrest → sentence processing time

Median 269 days; 34.6% of cases resolved within 180 days. Each segment's width is its actual share of the whole.

Volume trend

Monthly sentencing volume by case type over two years, with the disposition mix by case for the most recent twelve months.

Dispositions · trailing 12 months

Guilty pleas dominate the observed docket.

By court

Cases, criminal/motor-vehicle split, confinement rate, and median confinement term for the twelve months through the most recent sentencing date.

Court	Cases	Criminal	MV	Confinement	Median term (days)	Relative volume
New Haven GA 23	2,544	2,178	364	31.6%	360	2,544
Bridgeport GA 2	2,342	2,005	331	29.4%	365	2,342
Hartford GA 14	2,337	1,895	440	37%	300	2,337
Stamford GA 1	2,319	1,739	579	30.1%	364	2,319
New Britain GA 15	2,270	1,842	420	34.8%	364	2,270
Waterbury GA 4	2,164	1,854	307	29.5%	270	2,164
Meriden GA 7	1,528	1,208	310	27.4%	180	1,528
Manchester GA 12	1,353	1,086	265	30%	180	1,353
New London GA 10	1,219	906	313	39.7%	180	1,219
Norwich GA 21	1,088	813	274	35.8%	180	1,088
Middletown GA 9	1,056	798	257	38.2%	180	1,056
Torrington GA 18	903	645	257	29%	180	903
Danielson GA 11 and JD	902	722	180	31%	180	902
Danbury GA 3 and JD	874	668	204	28.1%	364	874
Derby GA 5	853	684	169	30.2%	270	853
Milford GA 22	735	609	126	23.5%	270	735
Rockville GA 19	625	407	217	33.8%	120	625
New Haven JD	381	377	4	82.9%	1,825	381
Hartford Comm Court	254	254	0	2.8%	90	254
Hartford JD	191	189	2	70.7%	1,825	191
Bridgeport JD	128	127	1	84.4%	1,825	128
Waterbury JD	123	117	6	74%	1,825	123
New Britain JD	119	116	3	81.5%	1,095	119
Stamford JD	104	98	6	85.6%	1,825	104
Milford JD	81	81	0	76.5%	1,460	81
New London JDt	75	75	0	76%	990	75
Tolland JD	63	61	2	65.1%	1,200	63
Litchfield JD	59	58	1	52.5%	1,460	59
Middlesex JD	38	37	1	71.1%	1,620	38
Waterbury Comm Court	13	13	0	15.4%	30	13

Offence profile

The charge mix behind the sentencing volume — class, crime type, and dispositions reached by plea.

Charge class · trailing 12 months

Connecticut offense class of the sentenced charge.

Crime type · trailing 12 months

Felony versus misdemeanor charge share.

Top offenses · trailing 12 months

Sentence length & proportionality

How long confinement terms run, and whether practice tracks Connecticut's statutory sentencing guidelines.

Confinement term distribution

Charges with a non-suspended confinement component, trailing 12 months.

Confinement terms: 12,652
Median confinement: 364 days
Mean · 25th · 90th: 689 · 120 · 1,825 d
Life-term mentions: 1

Practice vs. statutory guidelines

Median actual confinement term by offense class against the state guideline range (in days).

Class	Charges	Confinement	Median days	Guideline range
A	11,588	22.3%	180	3,650–9,125
Not recorded	6,839	33.9%	60	—–—
C	6,009	39.6%	730	365–3,650
D	5,792	52.3%	480	0–1,825
B	3,785	34%	1,095	365–7,300
U	1,078	66%	1,095	—–—
E	605	56%	365	0–1,095

How to read this data

source gap
Race and gender are not published in the source feed. The inmate profile feed does not include race or gender fields for any active profile. Demographic and disparity analysis cannot be produced from this dataset and would require an authoritative supplementary source.
source gap
The inmate charge detail table is currently empty. CTINMATE.INMATE_CHARGES has no rows. Offense detail for those currently in custody must be read from the CONTROLLING_OFFENSE / statute fields on the profile rather than a charge-level table.
source gap
Estimated release dates are not populated. EST_RELEASE_DATE is undefined for active profiles. Release-planning figures rely on MAX_RELEASE_DATE and are therefore conservative (statutory maximum, without earned credit).
coverage
Population time series begins 19 June 2026. Nightly snapshots are retained for 53 days to date. Longer-horizon population trends, and the corrections census they imply, are not yet available from snapshot history.
coverage
Court records begin August 2016. Sentencing docket collection spans 2016 to the present, so multi-year sentencing-volume trends are available. The 2020 volume dip reflects court closures during the pandemic.